The Skiffy and Fanty Show 32 — The Beauty of SF and Her Sisters (or "How to Ask SF on a Date")(Part One)

We’re diving right into the meat of genre discussion with our second episode of SandF 2.0! This week we discuss the recent Locus Magazine round table on the aesthetics of science fiction and what we think makes science fiction a “beautiful” genre. Tune in, share, and enjoy!

Note: This episode is part one of our discussion. We really got into the discussion and ran longer than we had intended. The second half will go up next weekend.

Question of the Week:
What do you think makes science fiction (or other genres) beautiful?

If you’d like to send us your answer to the question, you can email it to skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com! You can also leave a comment here or follow us on twitter. We’d love to hear your creative responses!

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Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Episode 32 — Download (MP3)

Intro and Main Segment — Part One (0:00 – 24:07):

The Aesthetics of Science Fiction (Round Table)
(Because it really is a sexy genre…)
The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction by Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr.
(Academia shows SF a little love once in a while. We promise.)
Nominate us for a Hugo Award! We’re eligible in the Best Fanzine category!
(Because you love us, right? Right?!)

Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0).